diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 8e2a7d332..4414830f8 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ fix_wazuh() {
     if head -1 $FILE | grep -q "xml version"; then
       echo "$FILE has an XML header; removing"
       sed -i 1d $FILE
-      so-wazuh-restart
+      docker restart so-wazuh # cannot use so-wazuh-restart here because the salt-master service is stopped
     else
       echo "$FILE does not have an XML header, so no changes are necessary."
     fi